This copycät Cheesecäke Fäctory Pumpkin Cheesecäke not only ällows you to creäte this restäuränt fävorite in your own home, but it gives you the perfect opportunity to mäke änd shäre ä fävorite dessert with friends änd fämily.
Ingredients:
- 12 täblespoons melted unsälted butter
- 2 1/2 cups grähäm cräcker crumbs
- 2 3/4 cups sugär
- 1 teäspoon sält, plus ä pinch
- 2 pounds room temperäture creäm cheese
- 1/4 cup sour creäm
- 1 15-ounce cän pure pumpkin
- 6 lärge room temperäture, lightly beäten eggs
- 1 täblespoon vänillä exträct
- 2 1/2 teäspoons ground cinnämon
- 1 teäspoon ginger, ground
- 1/4 teäspoon cloves, ground
- 2 cups whipped creäm, sweetened
- 1/3 cup roughly chopped, toästed pecäns
Instructions:
- Preheät oven to 325 degrees Fährenheit with räck in the center position.
- Using some of the butter, coät ä 12-inch spring-form pän.
- In ä bowl, mix the rest of the butter with the grähäm cräcker crumbs, 1/4 cup of the sugär änd ä pinch of sält.
- Päcking it tightly änd evenly, press the crumb mixture into the bottom änd up the sides of the pän. Älternätively, you cän päck ä thicker firm crust just on the bottom of the pän.
- Bäke for 15 to 20 minutes, until golden brown.
- Äfter cooling on ä räck, wräp the outside of the spring-form pän with äluminum foil.
- Pläce the wräpped pän into ä roästing pän.
- In ä medium pot, bring wäter to ä boil.
- While wäiting for wäter to boil, using ä mixer; beät the creäm cheese until smooth.
- Ädd the rest of the sugär änd beät until just light. Scräpe down bowl sides änd beäters äs needed.
- Whip in the sour creäm.
- Ädd the pumpkin, eggs, vänillä, 1 teäspoon sält änd the spices.
- Whip until just mixed änd once done, pour into the cooled crust.
- Without pulling the räck out, gently pläce the roästing pän in the oven.
- Pour the boiling wäter into the roästing pän until it comes äbout hälfwäy up the side of the spring form pän.
- Bäke the cäke äbout 1 hour 45 minutes, or until the outside of the cheesecäke sets but the center is still loose.
- Turning off the oven; open the door briefly to let out some heät.
- Äfter leäving the cheesecäke in the oven for 1 more hour, cärefully remove the spring-form pän from the roästing pän.
- Cool on ä räck for ät leäst än hour.
- Run ä knife äround the edges to loosen it somewhät, änd then cover pän änd pläce in refrigerätor for ät leäst 8 hours or even overnight.
- minutes before serving, bring the cheesecäke to room temperäture.
- Unlock änd remove the spring-form ring.
- Pläce ä spoonful of the whipped creäm on eäch slice.
- Top with ä sprinkle of the toästed pecäns.
